Nov 22, 2024 · Given the erosion of non-defense appropriations’ purchasing power, there’s a strong case for policymakers to not only reject the cuts proposed by the House but to increase 2025 appropriations by more than the 1 percent target set in last year’s negotiation. A 1 percent increase won’t even keep up with rising costs let alone …

Sep 25, 2024 · Second, these large tax cuts for high-income and high-wealth households come on top of the large benefits those households also receive from the 2017 law’s permanent corporate tax cuts, which are tilted even more heavily toward wealthy people than the expiring individual tax cuts. [8] In 2018, the first year the law was in effect, the top 5 percent of households received 40 percent of the ...

Nov 21, 2024 · The incoming Trump Administration is reportedly exploring whether it can impound — that is, not spend — funds that Congress has provided in legislation. [1] Supporters of this position argue that the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA) restricts the President’s ability to impound funds, and they recommend that it be repealed.

Sep 3, 2024 · Medicaid Cuts Would Take Away Health Coverage From Millions of People. As noted, HBC would cut Medicaid by $2.2 trillion over ten years; [14] RSC would cut Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA marketplace assistance by $4.5 trillion, likely by cutting Medicaid even more deeply than the HBC proposals and by making cuts to marketplace policies described below. [15] The size of the cuts in Project 2025 is ...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that pursues federal and state policies designed both to reduce poverty and inequality and to restore fiscal responsibility in equitable and effective ways.

Apr 10, 2024 · The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically changed the private insurance landscape for millions of people in the U.S. For people who lacked access to employer-sponsored insurance or were priced out or barred from the individual market, the ACA opened up new coverage options.

Anyone can experience domestic violence — on average 1 in 3 U.S. women will.But structural inequities such as gender inequality, misogyny, transphobia, racism, and poverty make women with low incomes, women of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ people some of the likeliest groups to experience it. For example, economic disparities due to historical and present-day racism make Black ...

Dec 17, 2024 · Raising or suspending the debt limit does not authorize new spending or tax cuts; it merely acknowledges past budgetary decisions. On January 1, 2025, the federal government will reach the debt limit, the maximum amount it is allowed to borrow.

Feb 13, 2023 · The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching some 41 million people nationwide in 2024.

Jun 12, 2024 · Rental Assistance Is Key to Solving Homelessness. Communities across the country have demonstrated that providing rental assistance with minimal preconditions is highly effective at rehousing people who lose their home and at protecting people from being forced into homelessness in the first place, both of which are necessary to solve homelessness. . Rental assistance, such as housing vouchers ...